Best Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Podcasts (2025)

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No Cop City, No Cop World, Ft. Mariah Parker 58:18

1d ago58:18

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STOP COP CITY! We are honored to be joined by Mariah Parker, editor and writer for the new collection, "No Cop City, No Cop World," a history, recounting, and analysis of the battle around the "Cop City" project in Atlanta's Weelaunee forest that led to global attention, severe local unrest, capitalist panic, and the state murder of a peaceful prot…

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A New Trio, and That Same Author 1:28:06

20h ago1:28:06

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, we’re starting Pride Month 2025 off by revisiting the topic of…

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Fleur Delacour: Character Study, Part 3 53:30

2d ago53:30

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Alice and Martha close the book on Fleur, discussing her arc in the seventh book. Fleur may be 'ideous as one of the seven Potters, but don't worry - her beauty is noted in just about every other scene! And it doesn't seem like she minded spending Christmas with Ron and missing out on Celestina's warbling. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! …

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The Two Towers: Ch 7-8 1:09:06

5d ago1:09:06

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Chapter 7 - Helm’s Deep Q1 - Who is your favorite character so far in the whole story? Q2 - Can you guys help me walk through this whole chapter? They turned and ran. At that moment some dozen Orcs that had lain motionless among the slain leaped to their feet, and came silently and swiftly behind. Two flung themselves to the ground at Eomer’s ´ hee…

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Mapping Out The 'Harry Potter' TV Show's First Season 27:21

8d ago27:21

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With the Harry Potter TV show beginning to film this summer, Andrew conjures an episode-by-episode (Marauder's) map of Harry Potter: Season 1! What will each episode of Season 1 depict from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and what can they do to please longtime fans of the series? HBO has to prove that there's a reason to reboot Harry Potter…

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Take Five, Take 4.22: Goblet of Fire, 105:01-110:00 1:33:23

9d ago1:33:23

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Hello, Father! Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim are back to discuss JUNIOR'S race around the courtroom, Karkaroff's dramatics in the cage and the closet, and Dumbledore's pensive monologuing about the Pensieve. You may be surprised by the appearance of Filch on this podcast! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/real…

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Pink Kitten Club (OOTP Chapter 27, The Centaur and the Sneak) 1:22:24

14d ago1:22:24

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Terminal Article Brain: Abundance 1:30:32

16d ago1:30:32

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Our 100th episode is coming up! If you’ve got any questions, comments, or wisecracks to share with the Shelfers, send them our way at “[email protected]” We want to hear from you! Now for the episode: So, these guys Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein wrote a book about a new liberalism...a liberalism that builds. Everybody in the Democratic pa…

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Fleur Delacour: Character Study, Part 2 51:00

16d ago51:00

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The characterfleur studies continue, as Alice and Martha discuss Phlegm in the fifth and sixth books. Ol' Fleur Delacour eemproves 'er Eenglish, 'Arry becomes a Fleur apologist, and Bill starts to enjoy his steaks extra rare. We will return with Part 3 to properly eulogize our favorite French character! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www…

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Radio Voldy (OOTP Chapter 26, Seen and Unforeseen) 1:18:00

22d ago1:18:00

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, get your copy of The Quibbler (and quickly transfigure it) bef…

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The Two Towers: Ch 4-6 1:51:10

23d ago1:51:10

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Chapter 4 - Treebeard Q1 - Do you think the God of Middle Earth is causing all these things to happen? ‘Hm, but you are hasty folk, I see,’ said Treebeard. ‘I am honoured by your confidence; but you should not be too free all at once. There are Ents and Ents, you know; or there are Ents and things that look like Ents but ain’t, as you might say. I’…

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The Myth of American Idealism: A Talk with Nathan J. Robinson 57:11

23d ago57:11

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Step one: you're going to want to buy this book. Fortunately you can buy it here! The Shelfers welcome Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief on Current Affairs and co-author with Noam Chomsky of the book, "The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World". We know the U.S. foreign policy is destructive, but just how destruct…

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Fleur Delacour: Character Study, Part 1 54:49

23d ago54:49

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Alice and Martha return to character studies to discuss everyone's favorite French champion, Fleur Delacour! Hermione might not give her a fair shake, and Ollivander might scoff at her Veela hair wand, but Fleur has a lot of redeeming characteristics, too! At least she's not a leetle boy! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/re…

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Keep Your Friends Close And Your Beetles Closer (OOTP Chapter 25, The Beetle at Bay) 1:18:41

29d ago1:18:41

1:18:41

Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, listen during Chapter-by-Chapter as the MuggleCasters discuss …

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The Future Where We Lose: The Fall of Cadia by Robert Rath 1:49:49

1M ago1:49:49

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In the grim darkness of the far future, Jacob has been banished to a desolate realm that knows naught but darkness and depravity, only inhabitable by the twisted creatures of the warp: Italy. In his stead, join Lenore and our tireless, intrepid editor with creative control over the episode caption, Ryan, as they dive into the Black Library with Fal…

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One Page at a Time: Book 6, Page 420 57:43

1M ago57:43

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Three of Martha's most infamous characters, plus Harry and Ron convene on this week's page for some very goofy times in the Hospital Wing. Plus, find out what Mary GrandPre has been up to during quarantine! (Don't worry; it doesn't involve Twitter). Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released…

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Snape's True Colors (OOTP Chapter 24, Occlumency) 1:10:34

1M ago1:10:34

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversar…

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Harry Potter and the Petty Rant Against its Own Fanbase: The Cursed Child ft. AJ from WOAPW 1:47:24

1M ago1:47:24

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Remember when bumbling Neville knocked over all the time turners? Wasn't that funny and quaint? That should have been the end of it, but all you bothersome Harry Potter fans who made the author unfathomably rich kept asking her about them. So guess what, Cedric's a fascist now. So there. Join us as AJ from the Worst of All Possible Worlds (and of P…

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One Page at a Time: Book 6, Page 222 49:33

1M ago49:33

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In the most somber OPAAT yet, Alice and Martha review recent bad news in the Wizarding World, which is affecting many of Harry's classmates, including Hannah Abbott, a round-faced Hufflepuff student, the Patil twins, and Lavender Brown. Luckily, Harry's memory is up to the task of remembering all the important details he need to successfully analyz…

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Emotional Support Hippogriff (OOTP Chapter 23, Christmas on the Closed Ward) 1:18:49

1M ago1:18:49

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversar…

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The City & The City - ft. RevLeft Radio 1:27:29

1M ago1:27:29

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We take a break from our series on the wizarding world to talk about a book that definitely has no dementors in it: The City & The City by China Miéville. We are honored to be joined by Breht O'Shea of the RevLeft Radio and Red Menace podcasts to discuss this work of political fiction about what would happen if you lived in a city where it would be…

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The Two Towers: Ch 1-3 1:35:43

1M ago1:35:43

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Chapter 1 - The Departure of Boromir He turned from the North back again to North, and saw nothing save the distant hills, unless it were that far away he could see again a great bird like an eagle high in the air, descending slowly in wide circles down towards the earth. Q1 - What, if any, symbolism is there with the Eagles? Q2 - Why does Aragorn …

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One Page at a Time: Book 3, Page 334 1:01:05

1M ago1:01:05

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One Page at a Time returns to Prisoner of Azkaban, this time for a scene in which Sirius acts enormously strangely. Alice and Martha discuss cat, rat, and dog and scrounge for a bird too, of course! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released…

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We take umbrage with Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ft. Max Graves 2:01:51

2M ago2:01:51

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It's Part 2 of our Harry Potter series. Are we having fun yet? This week the Shelfers are joined by returning guest and brilliant web-comic creator, Max Graves, in discussing J.K. Rowling's 2003 fantasy novel, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" as well as the second half of the series, including its YA turn. Rowling's finally getting POLIT…

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Someone Call A Broombulance (OOTP Chapter 22, 'St. Mungo’s Hospital...') 1:18:51

2M ago1:18:51

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversar…

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One Page at a Time: Book 4, Page 231 1:02:25

2M ago1:02:25

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Alice and Martha discuss page 231 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Alice gets to practice long-form Jim Dale impressions, Barty Crouch Jr. gets to make some weird decisions as Moody, and Harry's at of defiance has the potential to become a pretty sick meme. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episod…

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Kierra Lewis Returns, and MuggleMail (Are We Too Hard on Draco?) 1:31:34

2M ago1:31:34

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On this week's episode of MuggleCast, we celebrate 700 episodes of Potter podcasting! Thanks to everyone who has been with us on this magical journey! Having recently finished the Harry Potter series herself, we welcome back friend of the show, Kierra Lewis! Plus, we bust open the Muggle Mailbag to hear directly from you on all things Order of the …

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Take Five, Take 4.21: Goblet of Fire, 100:01-105:00 1:22:25

2M ago1:22:25

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To discuss this amazing five minutes, Alice and Martha are joined by special guest Shut Up Tim! There's plenty of tongue wiggling, MVB contenders, and cringy Hagrid moments to break down this week! Harry even gets to enter a world which is entirely his own. And don't worry, the microwave minutes may be over, but there's a new segment in town! Pleas…

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The Rise of Rowling: Harry Potter Pt 1, ft Aysha U. Farah 2:06:43

2M ago2:06:43

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The Rowling miniseries begins. The Shelfers and honorary Shelfer, Aysha U. Farah, hop on our broomsticks and zoom into the impossibly big world of Harry Potter, and whatever now-notorious bigot J.K. Rowling's whole deal is (Our working theory is that once you cross $100 million in net worth, no matter what you were like before, you lose your mind.)…

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Between the Books 3:20

2M ago3:20

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https://www.youtube.com/@firsttimereadersBy Jonathan Minnema

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Avada Cow-Davra (OOTP Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake) 1:28:12

2M ago1:28:12

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, grab your tissues because we're discussing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21: Th…

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One Page at a Time: Book 5, Page 341 53:42

2M ago53:42

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Alice and Martha continue with their new show format - One Page at a Time! In this series, the sisters will focus on one randomly selected page from the series each week. This week's episode covers Order of the Phoenix, page 341, on which the D.A. is solidly "In the Hog's Head." Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsis…

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The Whale Mind Virus: Moby Dick, Ft. Isaac Boa 1:46:08

2M ago1:46:08

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Thar she blows! This week, the shelfers unpack The Great American Novel: Herman Melville's 1851 epic, "Moby Dick." Joining us is Isaac Boa, a writer, educator, and revolutionary organizer. Together, we're going to solve just what's going on with this whole whale situation. You can find Isaac's writing here. You can join the PSL Action Network Here.…

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Gurg Wars (OOTP Chapter 20, Hagrid's Tale) 1:11:17

2M ago1:11:17

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On …

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One Page at a Time: Book 3, Page 119 54:08

2M ago54:08

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Alice and Martha premiere a new show format - One Page at a Time! In this series, the sisters will focus on one randomly selected page from the series each week. This week's episode covers Prisoner of Azkaban, page 119, on which the trio nerviously, anxiously, and gloomily reflects on Bucky's conflict with Malfoy. Please consider supporting us on P…

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2 Parable 2 Talents: Parable of the Talents 1:30:17

3M ago1:30:17

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Octavia Butler Round 3 The Shelfers finish the Parable Duology and the hazardous life of Lauren Oya Olamina in Octavia Butler's 1998 masterpiece, "Parable of the Talents." This book is an absolutely brilliant analysis of fascism and the powerful organizing that can arise in the face of it. Octavia is the best to ever do it. What else can we say? CW…

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Hey Malfoy You're So Fine (OOTP Chapter 19, The Lion and the Serpent) 1:24:19

3M ago1:24:19

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com Thi…

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Remus Lupin: Character Study, Part 5 46:25

3M ago46:25

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It's time to close the seventh book on Remus John Lupin, husband of "Dora," who prefers to go by her surname only. Alice and Martha spend plenty of time making fun of dear old Lupin, but also properly eulogizing him for the wonderful teacher and person that he was. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episo…

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